Structural transitions of polyadenylic acid due to protonation: the influence of the length of single strands on the polarographic behaviour of the double-helical form

AUTOR(ES)

Paleček, Emil

RESUMO

Transition of single-stranded poly(A) into its double-helical protonated form was followed by means of derivative pulse polarography, spectrophotometry, and other methods. It was found that properties of protonated poly(A) depended on the length of single strands from which the protonated double helix was formed. In contrary to longer poly(A) transition of short single-stranded molecules (s20,w lower than about 3) caused practically no decrease in the pulse-polarographic current. It was concluded that the formation of the protonated double helix of poly(A) did not result in the inaccesibility of the reduction sites (located in the vicinity of the surface of the molecule) for the electrode process, as it was in DNA-like double-helical polynucleotides. The current changes observed in the course of transition of longer poly(A) were explained as due to slower transport of long double-stranded molecules to the electrode.

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